Ada Reeve (1876-1966)
Last updated: 10.10.23
p_reevea.jpgAccording to the Internet source given below, Ada Reeve [Adelaide Mary Reeves], was an English actress performing on the pantomime, variety and vaudeville stages born into a theatrical family in London.
She debuted aged just four in a pantomime continuing for several years as a child actress with the Frederick Wright Dramatic Company. On her fathers death when aged 14, she began a successful career as a music hall performer, under the name "Little Ada Reeves" which was later shortened to Reeve by 1886. Reeve toured extensively in Australia, South Africa, America and many other places in pantomime, variety and vaudeville into the early 20th century. At the age of 70 she began a film career, which she pursued until 1957.
She died in London..
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url15.gif Ada Reeve Biography by wikipedia.org.  

Ada Reeve (1876-1966) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
There's a Welcome in Someone's Heart
Music by: Will Wise.
Words by: J W Johnson, J B Bennett
Performed by: Ada Reeve
Publisher: Octave Music
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Printed: 1920. Sheet Music 8 pages.
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url15.gif Bird on Nellie's Hat, The Alfred Solman (music)
Arthur J. Lamb (words)
Madie Scott (perf.)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
 
url15.gif I Can't Forget the Days When I Was Young Sam Mayo (music)
Worton David (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
 
url15.gif If the World Were Ruled by Women George Arthurs (music)
C.W. Murphy (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
 
url15.gif I'm a Little Too Young to Know F.W. Venton (music)
Charles Reeve (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
 
url15.gif Open Your Mouth and Shut Your Eyes Will Godwin (music)
Will Mayne (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
 
url15.gif There's a Long, Long Trail Alonzo Elliot (music)
Stoddard King (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
 
url15.gif Trixie of Upper Tooting Paul Alfred Rubens (words & music)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
 
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pdf15.gif Shop Girl (n.d.), The I. Caryll (music)
Henry Jackson Wells Dam (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
Cast (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Sue, Sue, Sue (1908) H.E. Darewski (music)
L. Barrett (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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pdf15.gif I Can't Forget the Days When I Was Young (1919) S. Mayo (w&m)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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youtube15.jpg I Never Forget I'm a Lady (1932) (4:29) Ada Reeve
youtube15.jpg M. Scott Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares (4:10) Ada Reeve
youtube15.jpg A.B. Sloane Foolish Questions (1915) (3:05) Ada Reeve
This list is arranged by composer and contains 27 works performed by Ada Reeve who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER
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perf15.jpg If the World Were Ruled by Women (1905) George Arthurs C.W. Murphy (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
perf15.jpg Shop Girl (n.d.), The Ivan Caryll Henry Jackson Wells Dam (words)
Cast (perf.)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Oh! What a Change in the Weather (1899) T.W. Connor Ada Reeve (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Sue, Sue, Sue (1908) Hermann E. Darewski Lester Barrett (words)
Lester Barrett (perf.)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Is It Nothing to You? (1915) Percy Edgar Huntley Trevor (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
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perf15.jpg There's a Long, Long Trail (1913) Alonzo Elliot Stoddard King (words)
John McCormack (perf.)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg She Glories in a Thing Like That (1899) George Everard(w&m) Ada Reeve (perf.) Pub.
perf15.jpg Something Else (18991) George Everard Herbert Darnley (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Susie-ue (1890s) Bert Gilbert(w&m) Ada Reeve (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Open Your Mouth and Shut Your Eyes (1895) Will Godwin Will Mayne (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg  And Just Then He Fell Out of Bed (1910) Henry F. Greenfield Edgar Bateman (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Sambo (1894) Andrew Mack George Dance (words)
Thomas Le Mack (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I Can't Forget the Days When I Was Young (1919) Sam Mayo(w&m) Ada Reeve (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Goo-Goo Land (1908) C.W. Murphy Fred W. Leigh (words)
Melville Ellis (perf.)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg My Susie-Anna From Louisiana (1899) Sidney L. Perrin Maud Amber (perf.)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg They've Both Changed Their Occupations Now (1894) Orlando Powell Charles Williams (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I've an Inkling (1900) Paul Alfred Rubens Ada Reeve (perf.)
perf15.jpg Love Me Just a Little Sue (1900) Paul Alfred Rubens(w&m) Ada Reeve (perf.)
perf15.jpg Queen of the Philippine Islands (1900), The Paul Alfred Rubens Ada Reeve (perf.)
perf15.jpg Trixie of Upper Tooting (1901) Paul Alfred Rubens(w&m) Ada Reeve (perf.) Pub.
perf15.jpg She Was a Clergyman's Daughter (1893) Austin Rudd John S. Baker (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg  Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares (1905) Maurice Scott R.P. Weston (words)
Fred J. Barnes (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Foolish Questions (1909) Alfred Baldwin Sloane William Lee (words)
Jefferson De Angelis (perf.)
Billy Murray (perf.)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
Bob Roberts (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Bird on Nellie's Hat (1906), The Alfred Solman Arthur J. Lamb (words)
Ada Jones (perf.)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
Madie Scott (perf.)
Thomas Q. Seabrooke (perf.)
Helen Trix (perf.)
May Ward (perf.)
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perf15.jpg What Do I Care? (1892) F.W. Venton Richard Morton (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I'm a Little Too Young to Know (1893) F.W. Venton Charles Reeve (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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perf15.jpg There's a Welcome in Someone's Heart (1920) Will Wise J W Johnson (words)
J B Bennett (words)
Ada Reeve (perf.)
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